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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sidney Martin do in Chapter 34 to put his men on notice?
(a) Force them to march nearly twice the normal distance.
(b) Take half their rations.
(c) Punch Oscar Johnson.
(d) Write their names in a notebook.

2. What does Third Squad give to Stink Harris as a joke in Chapter 39?
(a) Conscience of a Conservative.
(b) The Communist Manifesto.
(c) Profiles in Courage.
(d) A Vietnamese phrasebook.

3. What are the men entering at the very end of Chapter 41?
(a) A paddy.
(b) The thick brush.
(c) A scorched trail.
(d) A burning village.

4. At the end of Chapter 40, Paul Berlin reasons that the root goal or the Vietnam War is to spread what?
(a) Captialism.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Civility.

5. How does Cacciato characterize the death of Sidney Martin in Chapter 36?
(a) Treason.
(b) Kill or be killed.
(c) A blessing in disguise.
(d) A sad thing.

6. In Chapter 36, what does Cacciato slip through the prison window to Paul Berlin?
(a) A cyanide capsule.
(b) Rations.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A rifle.

7. Who makes of up the phrase "The World's Greatest Lake Country?"
(a) Stink Harris.
(b) Doc Peret.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Eddie Lazzutti.

8. What did Paul Berlin consider majoring in when he thought of attending the University of Iowa?
(a) Education.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Political Science.
(d) Biology.

9. What holiday does Third Squad celebrate in Tehran?
(a) Haloween.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) St. Valentine's Day.

10. To what movie player of villains does Stink Harris compare the executed man?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) Boris Karloff.
(c) Richard Widmark.
(d) Sidney Greenstreet.

11. In this chapter, of what does Oscar Johnson say Stink Johnson was full?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Piss and vinegar.
(c) Life.
(d) Ill will.

12. Which of the following is not among the list of charges lodged against Third Squad?
(a) Failure to register weapons.
(b) Desertion.
(c) Inciting revolution.
(d) Public intoxication.

13. According to Oscar Johnson, what is the only lesson to be learned from Buff's death?
(a) Don't ask for trouble.
(b) Be lucky.
(c) Don't get shot.
(d) Don't be stupid.

14. Why does the earths start shaking in Chapter 41?
(a) A typhoon is blowing in.
(b) Lieutenant Corson has called in an airstrike a few miles away.
(c) An aftershock from a quake.
(d) Another squad is blowing tunnels.

15. According to Doc Peret, what are the two reasons why soldiers choose not to desert?
(a) Fear and self-respect.
(b) Duty and belief in mission.
(c) Despair and inebriation.
(d) Stupidity and weakness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What principality is Third Squad in at the beginning of Chapter 43?

2. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?

3. Into what country does Third Squad arrive at the end of Chapter 36?

4. Where does Third Squad determine it has to bring Cacciato to avoid being labeled deserters?

5. From what state is the American girl in the VW van that picks up Third Squad outside of Zagreb?

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